St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01
WHO THEY ARE.
Two lien Who Have Given the
"GIObe'' Its Greatness.

"GIObe" Its Greatness.
There are essentially two classes of
men to whom the Northwest generally,
and st. Paul particularly, are indebted
for the boundless prosperity which has
fallen to their share, and the wonderful,
progressive strides which have at
tracted the attention of the world.
There are, first, the pioneers, whose
faith in the future of what seemed
favored country, no adverse circum-
stances could shake, and who have given
the best years of their lives and freely
of their means to develop and advance
the sections of their adoption; and, sec
ond, the restless, tireless and energetic
class of incomers, who have brought to
the Northwest ali infusion of talent and
will power, of keen executive energy,
and modified Eastern training: who
have tempered the progression of the
West with the prudence of the East, and
united Western crude strength with
Eastern tried experience. tits the COM
bination of the power of these two
classes that built up the new Northwest,
as the union of strength and skill in the
hammer that FORCES from the block of
native iron the polished column of
steel.
Better representatives of these twin
factors of Northwestern greatness could
not be found than in the persons of Nor
man W. Kittson and Lewis BalIer,-the
one the impersonation Of the buoyant.
confident and liberal pioneer, who would
risk his all on the future of his state
the other the typical product of Eastern
energy, ability and experience, who
would carve greatness out of Western
raw material-the two combination of
the forces at which, in their Western
eXemplification, the East marvels and
the Northwest responds in progress.
Norman W. Kittson will be remem-
bered by the st. Paul to come as one
who wrought a competency as pioneer
Of the Northwest and whose open
handed liberality the infant metropolis
often had cause to thank. The future
thousands to whom the GLOBE will
daily bring the tidings of the world will
recall him as the president of the GLOBE
Publishing company and will rejoice in
his earnest desire to provide his city
with newspaper worthy of its great
| ness. They will know the generous i'm
pulses which prompted his unstinted
financial support of great daily in
which the city took pride, just as they
will recognize the same liberal spirit
with which he encouraged everything
else which added to the city's reputation
and increased its material welfare. His
name will be found written so indelibly
on the early history of St. Paula his
tory of which the opening pages are only
now being made-that even the pros
perity of the GLOBE will be unnecessary
to the preservation of his memory.
The other element of this prominent
Northwestern factor is the handspring
of the GLOBE establishment itself-its
editor-in-chief, Lewis Baker. The sue
cess of the GLOBE is the only reference
necessary to be made in connection with
his name. Recollections Of him, in the
great metropolis now seen in prospect
i've, will always be tinctured by memoir
les of the marvellous success scored in
two short years by the newspaper whose
present he made, whose future he as
sured and upon which he has stamped
his own individuality.